Journal of Medical & Surgical Pathology
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Massimo Colonna

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• Case Report
  Fatal Acute Necrotizing Eosinophilic Myocarditis during Peripartum: Case Report
  Author(s): Santa Carbonara, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Pietro Scicchitano, Massimo Colonna, Eloisa Maselli, Ilaria Dentamaro, Andrea Marzullo, Gabriella Ricci, Biagio Solarino Santa Carbonara, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Pietro Scicchitano, Massimo Colonna, Eloisa Maselli, Ilaria Dentamaro, Andrea Marzullo, Gabriella Ricci, Biagio Solarino
  
  Peripartum heart disease is a rare group of disorders developing during the last trimester of pregnancy through the first 6 months of postpartum. The etiology and pathogenesis of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is unknown but viral and autoimmune causes may contribute. Myocardial involvement includes myocarditis, coronary artery dissection and peripartum cardiomyopathy. Risk factors for PPCM include advanced maternal age, multiparity, African race, twin birth, gestational hypertension and long-term tocolysis. We report the case of a 29-year-old pregnant, that after the delivery at the 37th week of gestational age, complained weakness and abdominal pain. The young woman showed since the third day postpartum worsening chest pain associated with malaise, non-specific symptoms, and increase in inflammatory markers without peripheral eosinophil increase. Physicians, suspecting a gastric d.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-4971.1000125

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